Boot or shoe



(No Model.) 7

J. P. SHEA &'W. BROWN.

BOOT 0R SHOE.

Patented Apr. .26, 1887 N. Pains Pmwmm m m, Washington, u:c.

UNITE TATES ATENT much.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,725, dated April 26, 1887.

Application filed October 1, 1885. Serial No. 178,752.- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMEs P. SHEA and WILLIAM BROWN, citizens of the United States, residing,respective1y,at\Vaupun,inthecounty of Fond du Lac andStateof Wisconsin, and at Waupun, in the county of Dodge and same State, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in turned boots or shoes; and the object of our improvements is to combinea turned fore part with a rear portion stitched through and through perpendicularly. \Ve attain this ob- 1 ject by the process illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 represents the outer sole split from back of heel to end of fore part nearest heel, and the portion of the flesh side thus split, but not detached, rounded or trimmed to the re quired size to form inner sole for that part of boot or shoe corresponding to portion split.

The part split is thrown back from outer sole in order to afford a view of it. Fig. 2 represents the shoe after the sole is sewed on the upper, with section of upper cut away in order to show the different stitching of fore part and rear part of sole to upper.

Our method is as follows:

First. We prepare the outer sole, A, by splitting it from the back of the heel to the end of the fore part nearest the heel, as shown in Fig. 1. Then round or trim the part A thus split, but not detached from the flesh side of outer sole, to the size and shape required to form theinner sole for the rear part of the boot or shoe, as shown in Fig. 1. We then channel the fore part of the outer sole on the flesh side on the line A Fig. 1, in the manner in common use for turned shoes, and the shank of the outer sole, on the grain side, on the dotted line A, Fig. 1, with McKay or Goodyear-and McKay channeliug'machine. The outer sole is now ready to be joined to the upper.-

Second. \Ve sew and turn the fore part of shoe, then relast it,-lastingthe heel and shank portion of the upper on the split part of the outer sole, which we use as an inner sole for .the rear portion of the shoe. After laying the rear part of the grain side of the outer sole, we sew it through and through perpendicularly in the shank to the part before described as serving for an inner sole. We then heel and finish the shoe.

The sewing of the upper O to the outer sole 7 in the fore part is done in the usual way in common use on turned shoes. All of the stitching can be done either by hand or by machine.

The advantages'of our method are, first, that boots or shoes made by it have the flexibility and light weight which recommend a regular turned shoe, and by the construction of the shank retain their shape better; second, that it economizes leather, as the partial inner sole commonly used in regular turned shoes to last the heel of upper to and to brace the shank is dispensed with; third, the shank of outer sole in regular turned shoes has to be skived down light, in order to make it look Well, so that the part we split, besides being utilized, helps the appearance of boot or shoe; fourth,

that boots or shoes can be made more rapidly.

by it and with less skilled labor. They can be turned more easily and quickly, and the heel of upper and counter can be lasted better.

The economy in labor is a striking advantage.

We do not claim, broadly, as of our invention splitting the outer sole of a shoe, as this has been done heretofore.

What we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A turned boot or shoe having an outer sole split from the heel to and including the instep portion. and having the inner split portion reduced in area and shaped as an insole and connected to the upper and outer sole at the instep by through-and-through stitches, substantially as specified.

JAMES P. SHEA. WILLIAM BROWN. Witnesses:

OHARLEs HANGER, ROBERT HOBKIRK. 

